COVID-19 Updates
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Warning signs for US as Covid cases rise in Europe
The US must prepare now for the next surge or variant, whether it’s BA.2 or a different one, experts say Cases and deaths from Covid-19 have fallen in the US,…
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Professor Sarah Gilbert on the legacy of lockdown: We must ensure we are better prepared for future outbreaks
The pandemic has taught us that viruses are not easy to identify – and can spread like wildfire As we move into the late stages of the pandemic, it is…
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Digested week: coughs and sniffles, purple vomit and daylight saving time
Back at school without masks for a week, my children have already picked up some old familiar bugs Children in New York have been back at school for a single…
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Rishi Sunak: crisis after crisis has been ‘not great’ for Boris Johnson
Chancellor promises end to Tory tax rises and hints at help with cost of living in spring statement Rishi Sunak has said going from “crisis to crisis” has been “not…
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Here in Hong Kong, Covid has surged and we’ve run out of coffins. Please learn from our mistakes | Ilaria Maria Sala
To keep out the virus, the city shut up shop – and shut down protests. But low vaccination rates mean it has now stormed our defences The streets are quiet.…
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Moderna files for emergency use of second Covid-19 booster shot
The company said its request covered all adults over the age of 18, including for those at higher risk due to age or comorbidities Moderna late on Thursday sought emergency…
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How should the world respond to the next pandemic?
As the WHO mulls when to call the Covid pandemic over, attention is turning to the future Last November, having alerted the world to the new and highly transmissible Omicron…
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Covid-19 closures: FAW shuts Jilin factory for brands from Audi to Toyota and Volkswagen as Omicron flares up in northeastern China
FAW Group, China’s oldest carmaker and once a symbol of the Communist Party’s manufacturing might, has not yet fixed a date for the resumption of production at its five assembly…
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How red tides occur, why they smell bad, why you should not swim in one and why your dog should stay out of the water
Red tides returned to Hong Kong shores this week.A natural phenomenon caused by large concentrations of microscopic algal blooms, the latest ones involved Noctiluca scintillans, a non-toxic species of plankton…
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Coronavirus: unemployed Hongkongers from 13 business types hit by fifth wave to get HK$10,000 handout
Some 300,000 jobless people in Hong Kong hit hard by a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections will be allowed to apply for one-off HK$10,000 (US$1,279) handouts from March 23 under…